Crystalline properties of injection molded polyamide-6 and polyamide-6/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-97

  Yebra Rodríguez, Africa ^a   Alvarez Lloret, Pedro ^b   Cardell, Carolina ^b   Rodríguez Navarro, Alejandro B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Montmorillonite; Nanocomposite; Polyamide 6

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIGITAL CAMERAS; INJECTION MOLDING; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLINE COMPONENTS; CRYSTALLINE PROPERTIES; CRYSTALLINITY; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DSC ANALYSIS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; MELTING PEAKS; MONTMORILLONITE; MONTMORILLONITE NANO COMPOSITES; PROCESSING CONDITIONS; PURE POLYMERS; RELATIVE AMOUNTS; SAMPLE THICKNESSES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; XRD ANALYSES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CALORIMETRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MONTMORILLONITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 57649101171     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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